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Anonymous Posted 14 years ago
Grammar

Regarding the use of article.

I read an article in NY Times where the author used the article "a" before a plural word. It was like this "..a numbers guy.." Was the author correct in her use? If yes, then why? Why that grammar rule exception.

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It's not an exception. 'He was a guy involved in the numbers racket'.

— Fivejedjon

  • It's not an exception.
  • 'He was a guy involved in the numbers racket'.
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It's not an exception. 'He was a guy involved in the numbers racket'.
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fivejedjonIt's not an exception. 'He was a guy involved in the numbers racket'.
So was the author wrong in using the article "a" before the word numbers? Have you read the article by the way.

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AnonymousSo was the author wrong in using the article "a" before the word numbers?
No. It's a guy. One guy.

But he's a numbers guy. That's an expression that means a guy who works with numbers (mathematics) a lot.

"Have you read the article?"

You haven't given a link.


CJ
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CalifJim AnonymousSo was the author wrong in using the article "a" before the word numbers?No. It's a guy. One guy.But he's a numbers guy. That's an expression that means a guy who works with numbers (mathematics) a lot."Have you read the article?"You haven't given a link. CJ
Yea, thanks for telling that it is an expression. I too suspected it to be that when
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